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Paul H. Woodruff spent over 50 years in environmental consulting and related businesses. He founded Environmental Resources Management, Inc. (The ERM Group). Over a 24-year period as Chairman and CEO, together with his partners, Paul built ERM into a global group of 66 companies in 34 countries employing more than 2500. He has served on numerous boards in the profit and nonprofit sectors. He has published over 35 professional papers, his autobiography, It's Been a Good Life, and is currently working on Freddy the Frog, fictional tales for children. The Successful Entrepreneur Playbook is his first business book.

He lives with his wife of 65 years, Marcia, in the Philadelphia suburbs. They are the parents of six, grandparents to 20, and great-grandparents to 18, so far. 

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The Successful Entrepreneur Playbook
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A Practical Guide to Building a Successful Business

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Think you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur?

Many people want to turn their passion into a successful business.

If you want a roadmap of how to build a successful business or grow an existing one, this is the book for you.

Paul Woodruff compiles his lifetime of business experience into this all-in-one book for those who want to start or grow their own business. The Successful Entrepreneur’s Playbook outlines the key ingredients that would-be entrepreneurs should consider in assessing their likelihood of success and then provides the key components in building a successful business—from the basic legal and organizational choices in starting a business to tips on how to staff and create a winning team, market, sell, and deliver products or services that create satisfied customers, repeat business, and make a profit.

In the pages of this book, you will discover:

  • The critical roles that culture, vision, passion, and leadership play in building a successful business

  • The necessity of a practical strategic plan

  • The importance of crafting a well-developed business plan

  • Why ethics and giving back matter

  • How to finance and build realistic budgets for your business

  • Methods to find and keep quality employees

  • Marketing and sales techniques to start, evolve, and transition your business

  • The key business risks to recognize early and how to mitigate some of them

  • Ways to create, foster, and manage growth in your business—and in yourself

  • Possibilities for startups to participate in the international market

  • Alternatives in exiting your successful business

 

This book will help you achieve your dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur. Learn from this practical and personal experience detailed in The Successful Entrepreneur’s Playbook (A Practical Guide to Building a Successful Business).

Adventure books for kids
Freddy the Frog

The Beginning & School Days

Who would have thought that a little thunder and lightning could turn a small frog’s world upside-down?

Join Freddy the Frog, as he explores his pond, his new superpowers, his friend Mary's school, and becomes the star of her science class - one adventure and one book at a time

Paul Woodruff brings the story of Freddy the Frog to life in his first of the nine book series. The adventures of Freddy the Frog began years ago as a fictional bedtime story that Paul would tell to his grandchildren growing up. Now Freddy's adventures are out in print where he hopes to share his Freddy stories with even more children!

More details:

  • 2 books in 1

  • Great for reading ages 4 to 8

  • Available as paperback or hardback and on Kindle

Adventure books for kids

Freddy the Frog

Freddy and the Fly & The Costume Party

Continue following along with Freddy's adventures in this two-in-one story, as he goes looking for flies to eat and attends his first ever costume party,

There are so many exciting adventures to be had, and Freddy the Frog and Mary can’t wait to spend more time with one another

More details:

  • 2 books in 1

  • Great for reading ages 4 to 8

  • Available as paperback or hardback and on Kindle

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Freddy the Frog

Freddy's School Trip to the Nature Preserve

Freddy's adventures continue as he goes on his first ever school trip, visiting his first ever nature preserve!

Who would have thought going on a school trip would be so troublesome for Freddy the Frog? Good thing his new friend Mary arrives just when he needs her most and brings him right back to safety.
 

COMING SOON...

Book 4: Freddy Goes to the Aquarium & The Birthday Party

Book 5: Freddy Goes to the Circus 

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